Stress Measurement
Building Stress Risk Intelligence
Understanding where pressure is helpful, where it is harmful - and where action is needed.
Leaders often ask:
How can we detect stress risk before burnout occurs?
How can we get deeper insight into the root causes of stress than an engagement survey offers?
What’s the impact of working practices (e.g. hybrid working) on burnout risk?
Where is harmful stress building across teams or functions?
How can we help employees recognise their stress and take early action?
How can we create safe channels for employees to disclose and surface concerns?
The Problem: A Lack of Recognition and Measurement
In many organisations, stress risk is rarely discussed until performance or wellbeing has already been affected.
Because stress is complex and deeply personal, early warning signals are often missed. Even when they are recognised, stigma can discourage people from speaking up for fear of being seen as weak.
Until recently, organisations have had limited ways to measure stress in a structured and reliable way. As a result, stress has often been treated as subjective or anecdotal rather than something that can be quantified and managed.
Thanks to recent developments in the field of occupational psychology, there are now scientific tools to measure, quantify and understand stress in the organisations so it can be managed proactively.
Most organisations measure financial risk, operational risk and safety risk.
Very few measure stress risk.
AURA helps change that.
AURA Stress & Resilience Assessment
Grounded in scientific research and psychometrics, AURA is an online assessment that measures the mental, emotional, physical and social impacts of stress.
The AURA framework provides a healthy benchmark against which stress levels can be calibrated and overall burnout risk assessed.
Insights can be reported at individual, team and organisational levels, enabling leaders to identify emerging pressure points while protecting confidentiality.
This enables organisations to pinpoint systemic stress drivers and take targeted action before performance or wellbeing decline.
Trusted by over 5,000 employees across organisations in 15+ countries.
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The AURA Model and Reporting System turn complex stress data into clear, actionable insight.
The AURA Model was developed in 2016 following an extensive research project and has been psychometrically validated to provide a standard for measuring stress and resilience levels.
It measures observable signs of stress along a continuum ranging from Crisis to Thriving, breaking this down across five key dimensions where stress can manifest — attitudinal, emotional, cognitive, physical, and behavioural.
This provides a holistic yet practical framework to quantify stress, identify focus areas and pinpoint issues — creating a clear platform for action and improvement.
By surfacing stress and channeling it into action, AURA helps organisations strengthen resilience from the inside out.
Discover the research behind AURA
How AURA Works
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Assess
Measure and evaluate stress across individuals, teams and the organisation.
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Report
Provide clear, practical insight into risk and strengths.
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Guide
Support meaningful conversations and targeted action.
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Develop
Build long-term capability through tools, training, and coaching.
Turning Stress Insight Into Practical Action
Whilst stress is experienced personally, its causes often lie in how work is structured, supported, and led.
AURA goes beyond measurement. It combines rigorous assessment, clear reporting, and practical guidance to help individuals and organisations respond effectively.
By translating data into meaningful insight, AURA supports:
Focused, constructive conversations
Targeted individual and team interventions
Better-informed leadership decisions
Sustainable changes in behaviour and working practices
This ensures stress is not only recognised — but addressed — before it develops into burnout.
Through AURA, insight becomes action, and awareness becomes lasting improvement.
AURA for Individuals
For individuals, AURA provides a clear picture of current stress levels, recovery capacity, and resilience factors.
It helps you recognise early warning signs, understand your patterns, and take practical steps to restore balance and sustain performance.
AURA for Teams
For teams, AURA provides a practical way of identifying healthier ways of working to support collective resilience and performance.
AURA’s anonymised team report provides an overall evaluation of burnout risk in the team and a group stress profile which serves as a safe platform and common language for discussing and agreeing priority issues to address.
AURA for Organisations
For organisations, AURA provides aggregated insight into stress exposure, risk hotspots, and resilience capacity across teams.
This enables targeted interventions, evidence-based wellbeing strategy, and measurable improvement.
Driving Measurable Business Outcomes.
Used by organisations in over 15 countries, AURA has turned awareness into action with measurable improvements to wellbeing and business performance.
100 %
are more aware of own burnout signs
14 %
increase in resilience levels
30 %
increase in adoption of wellbeing resources
2.4 x
higher customer service ratings
Trusted by leading organisations worldwide
What Our Clients Say…
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AURA was invaluable in helping to build early awareness of burnout signs.
Treesan Boonma, Head of HR, APAC
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Our use of AURA gave us a facts-based platform for action and tools to aid great conversations
Laura Parsons, Regional Head of HR
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AURA has enabled us to establish a clear cadence for measuring and monitoring stress resilience — helping us take proactive action where it’s needed most
Madeline Stillman, Head of People & Culture
Why Organisations Choose AURA.
Data Driven Clarity
Evidence-based insight into where and why stress occurs
Sustainable Change
A system that embeds continuous improvement and resilience.
Actionable Reports
Outputs that guide practical actions at every level.
Empowered Managers
Tools and training that build confidence for conversations.
